The industry's goal of full connectivity between point-of-care devices and information systems seems within reach. Brian D. Handspicker Hospital point-of-care (POC) testing is projected to nearly ...

A free toolkit on the safe use of point-of-care devices is available from the ASC Quality Collaboration. Point-of-care devices are portable, handheld instruments used to test patients at the bedside.

Engineers created a new point-of-care test that measures cortisol in saliva to help doctors diagnose depression and anxiety. University of Cincinnati engineers created a new device to help doctors ...

Two miniaturized point-of-care (PoC) devices that quickly identify antimicrobial susceptibility and evaluate sepsis risk show promising experimental results on clinical samples, according to two ...

Accurate monitoring of CD4 + T cell counts is vital for evaluating immune health and guiding treatment in people living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). Yet conventional tools like flow ...

For patients on long-term oral anticoagulation therapy, use of point-of-care devices is associated with lower rates of death and major thromboembolic events compared with laboratory determinations of ...

This pilot study evaluates a newly developed point-of-care (PoC) device designed to measure bilirubin levels in human blood serum using a microfluidic cartridge and optoelectronic sensing module.

World Athletics and Siemens Healthineers have joined forces to support medical teams with point-of-care testing and ...

Correlation between the blue and green sensor channel outputs measured by the PoC device; (A) All the samples collected in this study; (B) Single patient highlighted by the yellow circle in (A). This ...

The devices made by Siemens Healthineers will provide quick results to allow for faster treatment in the field, Fire-Rescue Chief Sean Baker said.

There is an unmet critical need for reliable point-of-care testing, particularly in low-resource settings including low-income communities and remote locations, to advance global healthcare equity.